Job 5:12
He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
In Context
11He exalts the humble, and rescues those who mourn.
13He traps the wise in their own clever thinking, and the schemes of twisted people are cut short.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13So David and his men, who numbered around six hundred, left Keilah and moved around from place to place. When Saul discovered that David had escaped from Keilah, he didn't bother going there.
2 Samuel 17:14Absalom and all the Israelite leaders said, “Hushai the Archite's advice is better than Ahithophel's.” For the Lord had decided to block Ahithophel's good advice in order that he might bring disaster on Absalom.
Nehemiah 4:9So we prayed to our God, and we had guards ready to defend against them day and night.
Job 12:16He is mighty and victorious; both deceivers and those deceived are subject to him.
Psalms 33:10The Lord foils the decisions of the nations, he frustrates the plans of the peoples,
Proverbs 21:30Whatever wisdom, understanding, or guidance you may have is nothing before the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →